HTC EVO Design 4G User Reviews

Contreramanjaro posted on 14 Apr 2012, 20:56

Excellent 10

A Great Budget Evo

Contreramanjaro has owned it for less then 3 months before publishing this review

I got it for $1 at Best Buy Mobile and it performs just as well in everyday use as the high end phones. The only place I see lag is with lots of flash on web pages or high bit rate h.264 or .mkv videos, all reasonable videos for the screen size work fine. The battery lasts my entire day but needs charging when I get home. This is with data always on and automatic uploads to Dropbox and updates from Play Store.

Build quality 9/10
The power button is not as solid as I'd like.

Reception 10/10
Great reception, rarely a problem.

Call quality 10/10
Great. I use Google Voice too.

Internet 9/10
Flash elements sometimes load slowly on the browser. Data connection has died twice requiring a restart.

Multimedia 10/10
Plays video and music with no problem. I love the Sense music player. Videos stream with no problems unless it is peak times.

Camera 10/10
A lot better than I expected from this. Only 5MP but the quality is quite good. 720p video records only at 20fps however. Hoping that is improved with ICS.

UI speed 10/10
Responsive. You can feel that it is a single core under heavy load but it never hangs.

Everyday usage 9/10
Something about the form factor makes it hard to pull out in a hurry. The camera bump on the back makes it less than desirable for desktop use.

Text input 10/10
Good response with and without Swype. The big screen and small bezel can lead to some discomfort though.

Display 10/10
Looks great even at automatic brightness levels. A superLCD

Battery 8/10
Alas, I wish it lasted longer. I get a full day but only just.

RoTheChamp posted on 28 Jan 2012, 15:35

Excellent 9

Another Solid HTC Handset

RoTheChamp has owned it for less then 3 months before publishing this review

Been with sprint for 10 years and this is one of the better handsets that i have owned. My third android device and by far it is the best one I have had. The screen is high quality for a 4 inch display, 4G speeds, and for a single core device there are no complaints with the speed at all. For those that like the world phone aspect then i would highly recommend this device for you. Plus with ICS on the way, looks like the device may get better.

Build quality 10/10

Reception 9/10
Even though there are holes in the network, I always have service with the phone.

Call quality 9/10

Internet 9/10
Awesome on wifi, 3G could be better. I do not live in a 4G area so I can not speak for that.

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 9/10

UI speed 8/10
Sense 3.0, anticipating the ICS update that has been promised. Will modify rating when that happens.

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10
HTC Sense keyboard and swype as a back up...can't complain about that.

Display 9/10
Love the HD display!

Battery 9/10
You get a good day out of the battery with average usage but if you are always one your phone it may be an issue. Get Juice Defender to change settings.

Pros

• 4G device
• HTC build quality
• ICS promised

Cons

• Battery life could be better

MYTHiKAL posted on 22 Dec 2011, 17:07

Excellent 9

PRETTY GOOD PHONE..

MYTHiKAL has owned it for less then month before publishing this review

I have phone service with Sprint as well and this was one of the phones we recently got.. Overall, the phone is solid.. The screen is not as big and vivid like am already used to, but it did its job well..

Build quality 10/10

Reception 9/10
The pnone it self is awesome, the problem is that Sprint has too many holes in their network affecting the overall reception experience..

Call quality 10/10

Internet 7/10
on wi-fi the internet is awesome.. but on the normal network, you will learn to hate specially when you compare to any other network..

Multimedia 10/10

Camera 10/10

UI speed 10/10

Everyday usage 10/10

Text input 10/10

Display 8/10

Battery 8/10
this only cause of the network signal issues.. other then that, as long as there is plenty of signal, this phone's battery last long enough on average usage..

MYTHiKAL alternatives:

Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket

Samsung Infuse 4G